Woven-wire fabric.



No. 771,866. PATENTED OGT.11,1904. C. A. FISHER. WOVEN WIRE FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1902. N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. FISHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WOVEN-WIRE FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,866, dated October11, 1904..

Application filed September 4, 1902. Serial No. 122,057. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FISHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Woven-VVire Fabrics, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a finished edge for the ends ofsections of wovenwire fabric formed of interwoven coils of wire, wherebythe cut edges of the wire coils may be firmly secured in place, sectionsof the fabric having my improved finished ends may be readily packed andshipped, and the fabric will be given a finished end, by means of whichit may be readily attached to the end rails of beds, spring-frames, orthe like.

A further object of my invention is to provide a woven fabric with acombined metallic binding and end rail.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained bythe devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of a section of woven-wire fabric provided at eachof its ends with my improved binding and end rail combined. Fig. 2 is adetail of one end of asection of fabric fitted with my improvement,showing my improved binding and end rail in section. Fig. 3 is a planview of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail.

Like letters of reference indicatethe same parts in the several figuresof the drawings.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, Aindicates a sectionof coiledwovenwire fabric, having the ends thereof at B flattened toapproximately a common plane.

C is a metallic strip substantially U-shaped in cross-section to form apocket.

The flattened ends B of the coiled fabric A are folded back uponthemselves in any convenient manner to form a loop which is fittedwithin the pocket of the binding-strip 0. Into the bottom of this loopof fabric and extending longitudinally thereof is inserted alocking-wire D. The binding-strip C is then tightened in any suitablemanner around the I locking-wire D, thereby tightly gripping theflattened ends of the fabric A between the locking-wire D and the innerwalls of the binding-strip C, as shown.

In the practical application of my improved binding-strip to the coiledfabric I prefer, by suitable apparatus, which will form thesubject-matter of another application about to be filed by me, tosupport the binding-strip, formed into a pocket with a comparativelyopen month, under and adjacent to the horizontally-extending flattenedends B of the coiled fabric A, such flattened ends resting upon andextending across the upper edges of the binding-strip C. By suitablemechanism I then lay the lock-wire D upon the upper surface of theflattened coil B and immediately over the opening to the pocket formedby the binding-strip C. I then force the lock-wire D downward into thepocket of the bindingstrip C, thereby also forcing the flattened sectionB of the fabric A into the inside of said pocket in the form of a loop,with the lockwire D resting in the bottom of said loop. Then by othersuitable means Iclamp or compress the binding-strip C around and overthe lock-wire D, pinching the upper ends or edges of the strip astightly together as possible at a point immediately above and adjacentto the lock-wire, (see Fig. 4,) thereby securely binding and clampingthe cut ends of the flattened wire B and securely holding them againstdisplacement.

The binding-strip is formed of metal of the shape shown in Figs. 1 and2, one edge E of the binding-strip extending parallel with the fabricand thence at an angle thereto, thereby forming a channel-iron ofsufficient size and strength to constitute an end rail for the springfabric.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a woven-wire fabric, of a rod extendingtransversely of the ends of the wires forming said fabric and aboutwhich said ends are folded, and an angle-iron having a portion of oneflange thereof folded to tightly inclose said rod and said folded endsof wires, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a Woven-Wire fabric, of a rod extendingtransversely of one end thereof, and about which such end of the fabricis folded, and an angle-iron extending transversely of said fabric andhaving one flange thereof bent into a pocket extending at an angle tothe general plane of said fabric 1 and tightly inclosing said rod andsaid folded end of the fabric, substantially as described.

CHARLES A. FISHER. Witnesses:

M. E. SHIELDS, E. SHASBERGER.

